Morphological and enzymatic analysis of the midgut of Anopheles darlingi during blood digestion

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 769-776

  Okuda, Kendi ^a   Caroci, Abrahim ^a   Ribolla, Paulo ^b   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^c   De Bianchi, Antônio G ^a   Bijovsky, A Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles darlingi; Midgut; Mosquito; Protease; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

ANOPHELES DARLINGI;

EID: 27644587480     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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